In order to improve flagging financial results, global steel
packaging manufacturer, Arcelor Packaging International, has said
that it will increase its prices in France and Spain by 5 per cent
for all deliveries as of 1 January 2003.
Dow Europe, the Swiss based European division of the global
chemical group, has said that it intends to build a second world
scale PET production facility at its integrated Buna Sow Leuna
Olefinverbund site in Schkopau, Germany.
US Standard & Poor's Rating Services has said that Europe's
packaging sector is starting to see the benefits of restructuring
activities filter through, with some groups benefiting from higher
selling prices and better...
An agressive policy of acquisitions and a broadening of the
business into prepared foods, foodservice and sepciality
ingredients contributed to a strong rise in first half sales and
profits at Ireland's Kerry group.
DS Smith, the UK-based international packaging supplier, has agreed
to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of Zewathener, the German
food packaging provider.
Vetropack, a leading Swiss-based manufacturer within the European
glass packaging industry, has agreed to acquire the Slovakian
glassworks Skloobal, Nemsová.
Food processing manufacturers in Eastern Europe will have to invest
substantially in food safety equipment if they are to obtain the
food hygiene standards implemented by the European Uniion,
according to a report in the Financial...
Movers and shakers from the world of packaging streamed through the
doors of Interpack 2002 in Dusseldorf, Germany on Wednesday to
participate in one of the world's leading packaging trade fairs.
Amcor, the Australian group which is the world's fourth-largest
packaging company, has continued its foray into the European market
with the acquisition of Tobepal SA, the flexible packaging and
extrusion unit of Spain's...